Health & Science

State officials want the USDA to extend waivers that allow them to provide SNAP benefits safely during the pandemic.

Less than one week into the delayed racing season, Delaware Park officials have lowered maximum attendance to better monitor COVID-19 compliance.

The U.S. has the most cases of any country in the world, and many states are reporting sharp rises in new cases as they ease shutdown orders.

Immigration advocates say the hospital would have been violating its ethical obligations to care for the man, injured in a traffic accident and uninsured.

Violators are subject to a municipal disorderly conduct citation, according to the emergency order.

New cases in the U.S. have been surging for more than a week after trending down for more than six weeks.

About 2.3 million Americans have been infected and some 120,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

A team is scheduled to make only one trip to each city it visits in MLB's shortest season since 1878.

A new paper finds that many of the people studied developed signs of minor lung inflammation while exhibiting no other symptoms of coronavirus.

Lead is a top topic at the inaugural meeting of Assembly special committee; finding the funds to deal with it remains a chief sticking point.

There's concern that hard-won progress against the scourge is slipping away because of resistance among many Americans to wearing masks and keeping their distance from others.

The committee pressed the health officials for details on why the response has not been more effective and whether Trump prevented health experts from taking action sooner.

In 2019, blue-green algae bloomed in freshwater lakes, and toxins affected wildlife, boating and swimming. A new initiative aims for better in summer 2020.

There's way more testing for COVID-19 now in the Philly region than there was when the lockdowns started three months ago. So why can it still be so tough to get a test?

It’s been three months since Pennsylvania’s first reported cases of the coronavirus. Here are some key statistics about the outbreak based on our analysis.